Organisers

The 2016 Congress is brought to you by four organisations

ER-WCPT

The European Region of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (ER-WCPT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation of professional associations of physiotherapists from 37 countries (that are simultaneously members of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy) and the voice of physiotherapy to the European citizens and European Union authorities.

The region is a member of the European Union (EU) Commission Health Policy Forum and has collaborated with the European Commission on the recognition of professional qualifications, the service directive, patient mobility, healthcare developments and internal market information. It has conducted two projects under the EU Commission Community Action Programme.

The region has recently held congresses and workshops on education, common platforms to help physical therapists migrate in the EU and clinical guidelines. It has also developed a range of documents, including core standards of practice, an auditing tool, and physiotherapy service standards.

The aim of the European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education (ENPHE) is to bring together and enhance collaboration between European Institutes and physiotherapy educational institutions in the European region in order to:

provide a forum for interaction and exchange of educational developments;

promote the convergence of physiotherapy educational programmes;

stimulate the development of a European dimension in physiotherapy educational curricula;

facilitate mobility of staff and students between physiotherapy educational institutions;

encourage and support standards of high quality education in physiotherapy in accordance with the recommendations of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT);

Founded in 1951, the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) is the sole international voice for physical therapy, representing more than 350,000 physical therapists worldwide through its 106 member organisations. The confederation operates as a non-profit organisation and is registered as a charity in the UK.

4th European Congress of ER-WCPT, the European Region of the World Confederation of Physical TherapyChartered Society of Physiotherapy, 14 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4ED, United Kingdomenquiries@csp.org.uk+44 (0)20 7306 6666